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Athapascan vs Amerindian

Amerindian vs Athapascan

Athapascan and Amerindian both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Athapascan Yes No No No
Amerindian Yes No No No
As nouns, Amerindian is a hypernym of Athapascan; that is, Amerindian is a word with a broader meaning than Athapascan:
  • Athapascan: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
  • Amerindian: any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
Other hypernyms of Athapascan include Native American.
Athapascan (noun) Amerindian (noun)
a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir) any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
Difference between Athapascan and Amerindian

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